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Wednesday, October 16, 2002
NEWSPAPER OF BETHEL COLLEGE
Volume 78* Number
Board of Trustees approve, dancing proposal meets standard
By Angi Palmer
StaffWriter
On Oct. 4, the Board of
Trustees passed a proposal that
permits dancing on Bethel campus. The proposal has been in
the works for almost ten years,
but pushed fervently during the
past three years.
The proposal was first
brought before the Board in
October of 1999 but was rejected. The Board emphasized the
need for a stronger argument as
to why dancing would make
Bethel a better college. The
arguements were considered
good, but the Board needed to
see less promises of what dancing would not be and more
examples of how it would
improve the Bethel community..
Former Student Body
President Rob Anderson and
Vice-President Erin Tri
reworked the proposal last year
with the intent to remind the
Board that they still had interest
in the subject. They also hoped
to encourage further steps to be
taken with the process.
Their action left an open door
for this year's Student Body
President Sam Lacy and Vice-
President Joel Gackle to
research what Bethel could gain
from having dances as well as
bring the newly-revised proposal before the Board again this
year.
Lacy completely rewrote the
proposal with the help of Vice
President of Student Life Judy
Moseman with the intention of
completely meeting the Board's
requirements.
This proposal had to be
approved by the college board
first and then be voted on by the
executive board. The college
board unanimously approved
the revised proposal. Then,
when brought before the executive board, dancing was voted in
as something that should take
place at Bethel.
The Board of Trustees
includes about 60 members and
is broken up into different
branches. The branches deal
with different parts of the
Bethel campus, the Seminary,
the finance, the business, etc.
Lacy emphasized that the
Board of Trustees is full of men
and women who are devoted to
creating the best environment
for students here at Bethel. They
are not narrow-minded individuals who don't care about student voices as popular views
may depict.
'They truly have an interest
and concern about what is going
on in our lives," said Lacy,
"They wanted to know about
my classes and interests, and
that was something that surprised me very much."
Bethel will hold two to three
dances per year which follow
the stipulations laid out in the
proposal. To read this proposal
please visit Bethel's website at
bethelnet.bethel.edu/col-stu-
d e n t s / n e"w s/dancing-
proposal.htm.
"We want to provide a safe,
comfortable, holy atmosphere
where we can learn about different types of dancing and get
away from the club scene,"
Lacy said.
"If that means having themed
dances, then that is what we will
do," he continued. "We won't
just play Christian music,
either. I don't think you can
really find music from all genres that fits underneath the
Christian umbrella. We will
dance to what we listen to,
which is mostly contemporary
music; we will just have to censor what is acceptable."
Anderson also reminded the
student body that, "it is important to remember that this is a
trial and a privilege. We have a
responsibility to that privilege
to make sure that it remains a
good moral social activity. It is
key to realize that we have a
standard to set."
Olson brings corporate experience to
VP position
By Bill Lent
Editor-in-Chief
On Sept. 25, Special
Assistant to the President
Paul Olson was named as
Executive Vice President for
Institutional Advancement,
one of four senior leadership
positions reporting to
President George K.
Brushaber.
In this new position,
Olson will coordinate the
work of four administrative
units: Development. Alumni
and Parent Services,
Communication and
Marketing and the Bethel
Foundation.
"The resulting synergy
will enhance the work of
each of these departments
for the benefit of all of us,"
said President Brushaber.
"With rich and varied career
experience and a deep commitment to Bethel's
Christian liberal arts mission, Paul Olson will be an
effective and highly valued
member of Bethel's leadership team."
Prior lo his appointment,
Olson had been Special
Assistant to the President for
the past eighteen months and
was also a member of the
Board of Trustees. Olson
brings a corporate-level perspective to the position with
such previous experience as
executive vice president and
senior vice president for
Morison Asset Management.
"These roles have provid
ed me an excellent view of
Bethel," said Olson.
"Leading institutional
advancement provides me
an opportunity to draw upon
those insights as well as my
executive experience."
Institutional Advancement
intends on strengthening the
institution's public relations
via initiatives, programs,
and operations for communications, marketing, alumni, parents, and donors.
"Advancing Bethel as the
pre-eminent institution of
Christian higher education is
an opportunity and responsibility and I am excited for
and committed to the task,"
said Olson.
Olson has a bachelor's
degree from Macalester
College and an M.B.A. from
the University of St.
Thomas. He can be seen in
the May 2002 issue of die
Baptist General Conference
magazine.
Reconciliation expands
By Krista Clark
News Editor
On Nov. 1 Curtiss De Young will
officially begin work as the new associate professor of reconciliation studies. In addition,
DeYoung has also
been named assistant
to the president for
reconciliation and
community partnerships and will serve
on both the president's leadership
team and the
provost's administrative team.
DeYoung has
taught classes al
Bethel for the past 13 years and has
been committed to racial reconciliation both in the Twin Cities and
around the world. He has been the
president and CEO of Twin Cities
Urban Reconciliation Network
(TURN) for the past several years.
DeYoung currently writes and speaks
aboul reconciliation and diversity as
well.
De Young's experience led administration to ask the question "Is there
a way we can partner with him
[DeYoung] in a stronger way than
we're doing now and capitalize on
who-he is to make Bethel a better
place for students?"
The provost's administrative team consists
of leaders at Bethel
who work together to
make sure that the college is focusing on ils
mission. This includes
issues of reconciliation.
"We want to live oul
our biblical calling to
be people committed to
reconciliation and justice and peace-making," said Provost Jay
Barnes. DeYoung has been hired to
help fulfill this goal.
The role DeYoung will be filling is
an entirely new position. It is a hybrid
bciwccn a faculty and administrative
position because he will continue to
teach, but will also serve on a leadership and administrative
continued on page 2

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Wednesday, October 16, 2002
NEWSPAPER OF BETHEL COLLEGE
Volume 78* Number
Board of Trustees approve, dancing proposal meets standard
By Angi Palmer
StaffWriter
On Oct. 4, the Board of
Trustees passed a proposal that
permits dancing on Bethel campus. The proposal has been in
the works for almost ten years,
but pushed fervently during the
past three years.
The proposal was first
brought before the Board in
October of 1999 but was rejected. The Board emphasized the
need for a stronger argument as
to why dancing would make
Bethel a better college. The
arguements were considered
good, but the Board needed to
see less promises of what dancing would not be and more
examples of how it would
improve the Bethel community..
Former Student Body
President Rob Anderson and
Vice-President Erin Tri
reworked the proposal last year
with the intent to remind the
Board that they still had interest
in the subject. They also hoped
to encourage further steps to be
taken with the process.
Their action left an open door
for this year's Student Body
President Sam Lacy and Vice-
President Joel Gackle to
research what Bethel could gain
from having dances as well as
bring the newly-revised proposal before the Board again this
year.
Lacy completely rewrote the
proposal with the help of Vice
President of Student Life Judy
Moseman with the intention of
completely meeting the Board's
requirements.
This proposal had to be
approved by the college board
first and then be voted on by the
executive board. The college
board unanimously approved
the revised proposal. Then,
when brought before the executive board, dancing was voted in
as something that should take
place at Bethel.
The Board of Trustees
includes about 60 members and
is broken up into different
branches. The branches deal
with different parts of the
Bethel campus, the Seminary,
the finance, the business, etc.
Lacy emphasized that the
Board of Trustees is full of men
and women who are devoted to
creating the best environment
for students here at Bethel. They
are not narrow-minded individuals who don't care about student voices as popular views
may depict.
'They truly have an interest
and concern about what is going
on in our lives," said Lacy,
"They wanted to know about
my classes and interests, and
that was something that surprised me very much."
Bethel will hold two to three
dances per year which follow
the stipulations laid out in the
proposal. To read this proposal
please visit Bethel's website at
bethelnet.bethel.edu/col-stu-
d e n t s / n e"w s/dancing-
proposal.htm.
"We want to provide a safe,
comfortable, holy atmosphere
where we can learn about different types of dancing and get
away from the club scene,"
Lacy said.
"If that means having themed
dances, then that is what we will
do," he continued. "We won't
just play Christian music,
either. I don't think you can
really find music from all genres that fits underneath the
Christian umbrella. We will
dance to what we listen to,
which is mostly contemporary
music; we will just have to censor what is acceptable."
Anderson also reminded the
student body that, "it is important to remember that this is a
trial and a privilege. We have a
responsibility to that privilege
to make sure that it remains a
good moral social activity. It is
key to realize that we have a
standard to set."
Olson brings corporate experience to
VP position
By Bill Lent
Editor-in-Chief
On Sept. 25, Special
Assistant to the President
Paul Olson was named as
Executive Vice President for
Institutional Advancement,
one of four senior leadership
positions reporting to
President George K.
Brushaber.
In this new position,
Olson will coordinate the
work of four administrative
units: Development. Alumni
and Parent Services,
Communication and
Marketing and the Bethel
Foundation.
"The resulting synergy
will enhance the work of
each of these departments
for the benefit of all of us,"
said President Brushaber.
"With rich and varied career
experience and a deep commitment to Bethel's
Christian liberal arts mission, Paul Olson will be an
effective and highly valued
member of Bethel's leadership team."
Prior lo his appointment,
Olson had been Special
Assistant to the President for
the past eighteen months and
was also a member of the
Board of Trustees. Olson
brings a corporate-level perspective to the position with
such previous experience as
executive vice president and
senior vice president for
Morison Asset Management.
"These roles have provid
ed me an excellent view of
Bethel," said Olson.
"Leading institutional
advancement provides me
an opportunity to draw upon
those insights as well as my
executive experience."
Institutional Advancement
intends on strengthening the
institution's public relations
via initiatives, programs,
and operations for communications, marketing, alumni, parents, and donors.
"Advancing Bethel as the
pre-eminent institution of
Christian higher education is
an opportunity and responsibility and I am excited for
and committed to the task,"
said Olson.
Olson has a bachelor's
degree from Macalester
College and an M.B.A. from
the University of St.
Thomas. He can be seen in
the May 2002 issue of die
Baptist General Conference
magazine.
Reconciliation expands
By Krista Clark
News Editor
On Nov. 1 Curtiss De Young will
officially begin work as the new associate professor of reconciliation studies. In addition,
DeYoung has also
been named assistant
to the president for
reconciliation and
community partnerships and will serve
on both the president's leadership
team and the
provost's administrative team.
DeYoung has
taught classes al
Bethel for the past 13 years and has
been committed to racial reconciliation both in the Twin Cities and
around the world. He has been the
president and CEO of Twin Cities
Urban Reconciliation Network
(TURN) for the past several years.
DeYoung currently writes and speaks
aboul reconciliation and diversity as
well.
De Young's experience led administration to ask the question "Is there
a way we can partner with him
[DeYoung] in a stronger way than
we're doing now and capitalize on
who-he is to make Bethel a better
place for students?"
The provost's administrative team consists
of leaders at Bethel
who work together to
make sure that the college is focusing on ils
mission. This includes
issues of reconciliation.
"We want to live oul
our biblical calling to
be people committed to
reconciliation and justice and peace-making," said Provost Jay
Barnes. DeYoung has been hired to
help fulfill this goal.
The role DeYoung will be filling is
an entirely new position. It is a hybrid
bciwccn a faculty and administrative
position because he will continue to
teach, but will also serve on a leadership and administrative
continued on page 2